Automobile-wheel.



E WHEEL.

Fatented July 29, 1913.

aww/nto@ WMM/venom .UM-@ED STATES enmity-@ENCE nml; Fnnnnnrcn, orsitemap; Micrrrsnn. l' i z 'Be lit known that I, EMILE. Fnnorarcn,

auroiviositnwnnnnl i ToaZZ/wlwm it concern a citizen 'of the UnitedStates',.residingl at Shelby, 1n the'county of Oceana and Sts-,te

of-Miehigamhave invented certain new and j useful Improvements inAutomobile-Vihees,

- Iofzfwhich'the following is a specification.

l automobile wheel rims,

invention relates `to improvements in l l end the manner of securingsaid rimsto the Jr'ellies of the wheel,

andthe tires 'to the rims, and'its objects are.

lFirst,"'to'-provide a -means whereby a tire removed from, or replacedupon a` wheel rim without any possible danger lof injuring the tire.Second, to provide'ameanswhereby when a tire has been may be readilypla'ced uponl a rim it may be immediately zand iniiated.

keyedv to placeA without the necessity of a special set of detachedtools with which to secure it, and, third, to provide a means wherebyone half of the rim may be removed andfreplaced Without the necessity ofremoving the ot-her half, and whereby thev two halves, after beingjointed together 'on -the wheel may be securely fastened together andheld in place while the tire is being secured I attain these objects bythe mechanism'illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure1 is a transverse section of an auto-- mobile Vwheel telly, t-ire andrims showing 'how my -device is applied. -Fig. Q is a side elevationofthe same showing my device in place on the side of the telly, and themanner ot' forcing thesecuring element between the rim and the folly.Fig. 3 is a transverse "'"sectional view of the divided rim showing howthe 'two pieces are placed and secured together. Fig. t is an inside orbottom plan of the same. Fig. 5 is a plan of the support or base that issecured to the telly of the vwheel for supporting the fastening device.Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the device show ing the manner ofunlocking the securing element when it is desired to remove a tire andrim, and Fig. 7 is the same showing the instrumentand application tolock the securing device .in place when the. tire and removable portionof the rim have been replaced.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the severa-l views.

In the accompanying drawing A represents the pneumatic tire in commonuse on automobile wheels.

B represents the permanent portion of the rimwand B', represents theremovable por tion-'of the same.

.D represents the wooden is solidly shrunk upon the felly of the'wheelfor the 'purpose of rendering the telly absolutely firm and permanent.On one edgeof the -telly band C is formed an upwardly curved flange cthat 'iforms a bearing and stop to receive .and support the permanentportion, B, of the felly band.

In the application of the said metal rim the part B is vpermanentlysecured to the telly band of the wheel, and supported in place by meansof any available filling, as c,

,see Fig. 2. The two halves, B and Bf of the `telly band are madethinner andlapped tov gether b so as toform va smooth, Vperfect surfacefor the reception of the bearing part of the tire A.

W'hen itis desired to place the tire A upon the wheel the half, B',removed by springingf thelatch or"1e'ver I1` so that the wedge C?" maybe readily re moved from under the rim. .The tire is then I 4.Specification of Letters Patent'. Patented illy ApplicationfileiJanuary 6, 1913; Serial No. 740,560.

`telly' of the wheel and C represents a felly band vthatV 'irsA placedupon the half,'B, of the rim and the half, B, of the rim is passed toplace o'n the tire, as indicated in Figs. l and 2 and the two are drawntogether by means of the hook b", which is pivoted to B, as at b and ismadeto engage the pin b' to draw the two parts firmly together and thereuntil the supporting wedges, G" are firmly anchored to place between theriin B and the` fclly handv C, as indicated iii-Figs. l and Q.

hold them In the construction of my appliance or attachinent l first.torni a blank, E, E., as shown in Fig. 5 and forni a small cylindricalbearing at. e for the support o1 the standard G that carries the wedgeG". Thisf'stand- -ard is cut away at g to form a pivotal bear` mg at theend which passes through the'cylindrical bearing formed vat e so thatthe body and wedge may be readily,swungto# ward or troni the tire. Thewing c' is bent to a. position at right angles with the body of thesupport and'is provided with a hole e designed to receive the 'ends ofthe adjusting lever I. as indicated in Figs. 6 and 7. A hook H isinserted and firmly riveted in the hole j" to form a catch and securesupport for the end f" of the latch F. This latch, F, is pivotally4secure-d to the support E bv being pivoted thereto at f so that the endf may be readily swung from a hori- 40 vwardfrom the position of thesolid lines in Fig 7 to the position of the dotted linesin 5 holeef.This incline, z', is made at a proper ranglefxfvith the lever I and hooki' so that l`j\\'-'hen`,ithas forcedthe end f of the latch y-Fgbelow theend of the hook H the.A lever will .be'fo'rced back'of the hook and willbe therefrom without great effort. I minimize the effortnecessary toremove the end f" "f of the lever I to throw the end ofthe -Vlatohdownward and backward or toward whore the concavitv of thesurface of thebe distributed around Ithe rim of the wheel -so that the rim willbefirmly held in place great bearingxforce necessary. to hold the wedge Gproperly in place it would be imzontal, to a vertical position, or viceversa, as indicated in Figs. l and 2. It will be noted that the body Gof the Wedge G is provided Wit-h a Wedge or incline G so situated thatwhen the latch F is swung upward to parallel position and is secured bythc cateh'I-I the wedge G will be forced firmly between the .rim B andthe `felly band C so thatgtlie Wedge and' its bearing surfaces will berigidly forced against the curved edge, of the rim, as indicated in Fig.l. It is to be understood that sere-ral of these wedges will after thetire has been properly placed and-r intlated.

It will be readily understood that with the possible to spring the latchF to place back signed to press against the end f offther latch F whenthe hook z" is engaged in the held `so securely that it cannot beremoved from behind the hook H by utilizing the end the Wheel, asindicated in Fig. 6. To be more explicit, if the'hool: z" is inserted inthe V hole e and the lever is carried downsaid figure, the end of thelatch F is orced downward and backward around the end of the hook'H, andwhen it'has passed the end of the hook I-I .the incline of the part z"will cause itto dropi back of the. hook H hookwill hold it. .On theother hand, if it isdesired to release the latch F pass the point if ofthe lever through the hole e in the arm e and carry the other end of thelever down from the position of the solid 4lines in Fig. 6 to theposition of the dotted l lines, when the convex form of the outersurface of the curve or end i will force the to carry it entirely freeof the end of the -end f backward and downward sufficiently hook H sothat itfimay be Jr'reetoA drop entirely free from contact Wth'th'esurface of the wedge G and leave the Wedge G free to be removed frombeneath the rim B', as

. indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l.

wheel having av metal folly band around the wheel, a longitudinallydivided and centrally lapped rim outsidefo'f the 'felly band u that is-fitted to receive and -lock a pneumatic tire, a series of platessecured 'to the sideof the wheel', a wedge shaped' bodypivotally-supportedionthe plates and having a wedging endfatyright`angles with the. upj I per end o f-the body,`fa latch pivotally securedto the plates, and a hook on each plate for securing the freefend-of`the latch tofor'ce metal felly band fandftheLrimQ-g r ,the -edgingendoffthe body betweenithe; i

2..; In "combi` tionrwithlfan automobilealongitudinillyi`dividedriinilapped byalong .A

the lines of division,1 a' series of" plates se#A cured upon the sideofthewheel, -ajla'tch and catch-"properly secured to saidv plates,`

wedges vpivotally securedto said platesl inj position to be-actedupon-by the latch andv forced between the metalfelly'band andthe rim, anarm Aprojecting outfrom-the upper edge at one end of each plate andhaving a hole through each, a lever-formed with one ond having a 'hookandan incline adapt- Ued to pass through the hole in ,the arm and forcethe end of the latohback of the catch to hold the wedge to place, andthe other end I EMIL n. REDERICIL In presence of@v W. E. SoUfrnR, H. D.SQUIER. f

lShelby, i Michigan, December

